A group of Dutch security researchers were able to clone the "smartcards" that commuters use to pay fares in the London Underground system, allowing the group to ride for free. This is an interesting attack vector that I actually talked to Adam Laurie about when I was at Black Hat Amsterdam.

Tony Blair today announced a $163 million package to deal with the millennium bug, which, in a column for The Independent, he described as a "technical time bomb" capable of causing "major disruption" throughout Britain. At a London meeting, the prime minister outlined his plans to mobilize an army of 20,000 bug busters -- young people, unemployed, or even retired people, who will receive government training to deal with the millennium bug.